Open Minis Turns iOS into an Agent Playground
· 55 min · Episode 495
Episode Open Minis Turns iOS into an Agent Playground
This week on AppStories, John and Federico discuss the changing face of the AI-fueled App Store and questionable changes made to TestFlight before going into the nerdiest details of Open Minis, an iOS app that brings desktop-class agents onto the iPhone and iPad.
Then on AppStories+, Federico and John explore Cmux, a Mac terminal app with an iPhone and iPad beta that makes it easier than ever to sync coding projects across devices.
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Links and Show Notes App Store Chaos
• App Store Chaos • See also: A.I. ‘Vibecoded’ Apps Are Flooding Apple’s App Store
TestFlight Woes
• TestFlight: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back • See also: Apple just improved TestFlight for users with a lot of beta apps
Open Minis
• Open Minis Is the iOS Agent I Wish Siri AI Could Be
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- https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/apple-app-store-vibecoding.html
- https://www.macstories.net/stories/testflight-one-step-forward-two-steps-back/
- https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/21/apple-just-improved-testflight-for-users-with-a-lot-of-beta-apps/
- https://www.macstories.net/reviews/open-minis-is-the-ios-agent-i-wish-siri-ai-could-be/
- https://cmux.com
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